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Fiestas in El Rito New Mexico

2011-09-18T15:58:00.000-07:00

New Mexico

2011-07-15T23:07:00.001-07:00

C'MON C'MON - Rest In Peace Magnolia Shorty

2011-01-11T21:02:00.000-08:00

Lady Buck Jumpers 2010

2010-11-28T15:49:00.000-08:00

Westboro Baptist Church

2010-11-07T21:59:00.000-08:00

Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church protests the Jewish General Assembly

C'est La Nature

2010-10-31T18:07:00.001-07:00

Faces of the Magnolia Housing Project

2010-10-13T18:10:00.000-07:00

Living Jazz Legend Harold Battiste composed arrangements for Sam Cooke and Sonny and Cher.

Magnolia Shorty a local rap star and one of the pioneers of New Orleans Bounce.

Internationally acclaimed artist Willie Birch

Original Prince of Wales

2010-10-10T17:08:00.000-07:00

9-11-2010

2010-09-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

Silent prostester "Teace", originally from Iowa, stands adjacent to the first visible sign of construction at Ground Zero wearing a shirt reading "9/11 was an inside job." When asked why he stood in protest he replied "The truth needs to get out"

A 9 year old boy lays roses at the site of a 9/11 memorial.

Sidika Lemes a Muslim Bosnian Refugee who currently resides in New York says she only became religious following the Srebrenica Massacre. She is deeply concerned about the recent wave of Islamophobia in America. She notes that at first glance most do not realize that she is a muslim but she wishes to take an active role in showing Americans the true face of Islam.

WWII Naval Veteran Stephen Pater born OCT 8 1926 holds a photo of himself 65 years earlier. He stands in support of the controversial Ground Zero Islamic Community Center. "I am strictly against when there is hate... anything is dangerous related to hate"

Joseph Garber an Orthodox Jewish man from Williamsburg walked to Manhattan from Brooklyn during Chabad to stand in opposition to the Ground Zero Islamic Community Center. "Drunks will be led to anger" he said referring to the recent attacks on muslims perpetrated by two men. "This is an not a constitutional Issue this is a Common sense Issue" he said when asked whether muslims had a right to build a community center near the World Trade Center.

Layla, a young muslim girl carries an american flag that bares the words "God Bless USA"

Matthew Paternoster a recent convert to Islam and native of NY shows a tattoo which reads in Arabic "la ila ha il Allah wa Muhammadu Rasullah" meaning There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger. Matthew was violently removed from a protest when attacked by protesters from Stop the Islamization of America (SOIA), a group headed by Pamela Geller.

Robert Mccory a retired fireman from Massachusetts stands in opposition to the "Ground Zero Mosque" and views its planned construction as "salt in the wounds of families effected by 9/11. "its a provocation and its wrong" he said

Black Men of Labor 2010

2010-09-05T16:44:00.000-07:00

2010-08-15T00:48:00.000-07:00

Artist Jose Torres-Tama discusses the exhibit Los Invisibles: Latino Immigrants Who Rebuilt New Orleans

Big Seven Second Line

2010-05-10T19:56:00.000-07:00

These photos are best viewed @ http://thephotoaziz.com under photojournalism > big 7.... nice slideshow with sounds of the day to accompany. Hope you all enjoy. It was a magical secondline.

Launching New Website Today

2010-05-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

Thank you to the many people who have been dedicated to this blog (which will continue). Today I am launching my personal site http://thephotoaziz.com

I've had many battles about having a personalized site over the past few years but I wish to continue to take photos and present them to the world. Please take time to visit the site and provide feedback.

I love you all.

Aziz

2010-05-03T09:40:00.001-07:00

Reforma de la inmigración ahora!

2010-05-01T13:26:00.000-07:00

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The Gaza Strip

2010-04-27T03:10:00.000-07:00

This blood stained wall bares the name of two who inevitably met their fate Abu Rami and Abu Wadi

A Palestinian woman stands in the remnants of El-Wafa Hospital following the Israeli offensive "Operation Cast Lead"

El-Wafa Hospital, one of Gaza's most advanced medical facilities is attacked by Israel during "Operation Cast Lead"

A young boy and his father ride past the remnants of a home destroyed during the Israeli Offensive "Operation Cast Lead"

A 12 year old boy shows me wounds he sustained from shrapnel during Operation Cast Lead

A young man stands in what remains of his home.

A member of the Ezzeden Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas poses for a photo in the Gaza Strip.

An Afro Palestinian woman poses for a photo during a community market in Gaza. It is not well known that there is a significant amount of Afro Palestinians living in the Occupied territories

A Hamas security agent watches over a delegation of westerners visiting Gaza.

A woman pleads for help at a rehabilitation center in Gaza. Her leg was all but destroyed during Operation Cast Lead

An UNRWA worker stands in front of the American School in Gaza which was destroyed during Operation Cast Lead

The blank stares of white phosphorus victims fill the room of a rehabilitation center in the Gaza strip.

AFRO PUNK: Saul Williams / Niggy Tardust

2010-04-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

Jay Electronica with special guest Mos Def

2010-04-01T02:41:00.000-07:00

St Josephs Night

2010-03-20T09:56:00.001-07:00

Nine Times Second Line

2010-03-07T17:38:00.001-08:00

ZULU 2010

2010-02-16T12:44:00.001-08:00

AINTS NO MORE!

2010-02-08T08:55:00.000-08:00

Ehud Olmert Protest @ Tulane

2009-10-16T11:04:00.001-07:00

A Tulane Student "Seig Heil's" through a group of Pro Palestinian Protestors

President Barack Obama's Town Hall in New Orleans

2009-10-15T19:59:00.001-07:00

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Katrina Commemoration 2009

2009-08-30T15:14:00.000-07:00

2009-08-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

Abiquiu New Mexico

2009-07-16T22:30:00.000-07:00

Egypt

2009-06-30T16:20:00.000-07:00